{"id":738,"date":"2009-06-05T09:25:10","date_gmt":"2009-06-05T13:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.highedwebtech.com\/?p=738"},"modified":"2016-02-27T11:01:58","modified_gmt":"2016-02-27T16:01:58","slug":"have-you-eaten-your-own-dog-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highedwebtech.com\/2009\/06\/05\/have-you-eaten-your-own-dog-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Have you eaten your own dog food?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m at Smith College this weekend presenting a session on the cloud and Amazon Web Services at NITLE’s Information Services Camp<\/a>. Even though I came in Wednesday and am leaving today, I’ve had the chance to meet and share with so many great technology folks from colleges around the country. I even got to spend some time chatting with Jedi master Bryan Alexander<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"The accommodations for this conference are not in a swanky resort or hotel – we’re staying in one of the dorms here at Smith College. It’s a beautiful campus, but this dormitory is so…dormy. I haven’t stayed in a dorm since I finished school in 1998.<\/p>\n

It got me thinking – have you experienced your school like a prospective student will? You may have eaten at the dining halls, but have you ever spent the night in one of your dorms? Have you taken a shower in one of the shared bathrooms? Have you trudged early in the morning from the dorm to breakfast?<\/p>\n

I think having a sleepover in a dorm would be beneficial for not only admissions folks, but public relations folks too. We market the college experience, but how many of us have really lived it – and lived it recently? IT folks – I think something like this would also be beneficial for you too. Bring a laptop and get connected. Try the wireless or in my case, fight with Cisco Clean Access for awhile like I did when I arrived.<\/p>\n

I love the term “eating your own dog food.” Wikipedia has a great description of the term, saying: “To say that a company “eats its own dog food” means that it uses the products that it makes.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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